The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-06-17
Victory Certain.

is over. About 600 delegates dec
GRATED with True Blue badges
assembled Wednesday morning IN
the opera house in this city. Gov.
Gibbs allied tho convention to order,
Geo. C. Pendleton was made tenn
porary chairman. Committees
were appointed on credentials
permanent organization, platform
and address. On the report Of the
committees, d. C. Giddings was
made permanent chairman A
platform was adopted, and the
s.4l-na Blue l,~.ssa5 horInalIy organ
lied by appointing an executive
committee and adding the other
necessary machinery. We are too
near the hour of going to press to
give any further account of the
proceedings.
We may be mistaken, but it is
our firm belief that the temper of
this convention has made the sue
cess of the amendmendment GER
tain. We heard the two principal
speakers, Col. r. Q. Mills and
Hon. John Hancock, The tone
and matter of these speeches amaz-
ed US. The News, in reporting
Col Mills speech says:
The issue, as he views it, is a
contest between an intrusive, In
termeddling, dictatorial and intol-
Grant priesthood and the masses of
those who believe or are vitality
interested III the fullest individual
freedom for each citizen consistent
with the like freedom for all other
citizens.
Coz. Mills was careful to state
what priesthood he meantime
Protestant priesthood He declar-
ed that ministers of the gospel
were more dangerous to society
and government than any other
class of citizens. From the time
Aaron made the golden calf and
said: These be thy gods, oh, Is
rael, 4" from the time Judas sold
his Master for 30 pieces of silver,
down to the present day, preach
ers had duped and sold the people
who trusted them. They had
Drought more woe, sorrow, loss
and ruin to the human family than
any other class of men.
As for prohibitionists, he de-
MED their honesty, laughed at their
professions of principal, and de-
clared that the whole movement
was an insiduous, deep-laid and
determined effort to destroy the
democratic party. At the top of
his voice he exclaimed: 81 wish
to God l could ALLEVIATE these pro-
hibitionistsr'
Judge Hancock started out in
more conservative way, but soon,
caught the whirlwind that Col.
Mills had created, he broke away
abruptly and said:
If every fault has to be correc-
ted, by legislation, / do not know
where the political body would
stop. There certainly would be
no pause at the pulpit l respect
the pulpit, and the ready means of
access to trusting women, they
have destroyed and brought wreck
and ruin 70 families, we will damn
them.
This, strange to say, was the tone
Of nearly every speech We have
never heari any class of citizens
50 bitterly, so brutaily abused. As
the News says in its morning re-
port. II was severe, rasping, harsh
and perhaps cruel
Now one word: let us keep COOL
These speeches viii defeat their
own end They have already be-
gnn 10 recol. Delegates, both
Catholic aud Protestant, we're seen
70 tear the blae badges from their
coats. we did not come here" "
said they, 80 60 into a fight
against God and religion" So it
VIII be through all the land
Hence We repeat, keep cool We
have oaly space at this time to
speak this hurried word of caution
look for full reports and full dis
eussion next week Texas Adyo-
eate.